M.C. Beaton
Marion Chesney Gibbons, writing as M.C. Beaton, began her career as a bookseller before becoming a journalist.
She wrote over 100 historical romances under various pseudonyms before creating the Hamish Macbeth series in 1985, inspired by a fishing course in Sutherland.
Beaton later developed the Agatha Raisin series after moving to the Cotswolds.
Her diverse career included roles as a fashion editor, crime reporter, and waitress.
Born in Glasgow in 1936, Beaton's writing career spanned decades and genres, from romance to detective stories, with her cozy mysteries gaining particular popularity among readers.
